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- February 2019
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Peggy Dettwiler
ACDA Eastern Region President
2018-2020
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I am excited to invite Eastern Region ACDA members to submit applications for choral performance and interest sessions for our 2020 conference to be held March 4 through 7 in Rochester, New York. Thanks to our dedicated team: Penelope Cruz, conference chair; Michael Driscoll, auditioned choirs chair; and Michael Schmidt, interest sessions chair, we have built a truly accessible and inviting application process using a new platform called Submittable. We think you will find it clear and easy to navigate!
We have expanded the application form with instructions to encourage more involvement from choirs with various demographics, choral styles, and those committed to inclusion of singers from historically underrepresented groups.
Please visit the ACDA East website by clicking this link, which will take you directly to the applications and instructions.
Here are some preliminary instructions to help guide you:
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You will need to create a
Submittable
account (if you have not used Submittable before). You can use the email address and password of your choosing.
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From the ACDA Eastern Submittable page (identified by our conference logo), you can choose the kind of application (interest session or auditioned choir) you want to make by clicking the “SUBMIT” button next to the title of the application.
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You can now view the information and requirements for the application. To create your application, fill in the form. You are able to develop and save a draft of your application prior to submission.
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There is an Auditioned Choir application fee of $50. Payment can be made by credit card or PayPal.
You can save a draft of your application without paying the fee, but in order to SUBMIT the application, the fee will have to be paid. There is no fee for Interest Session applications.
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When your application is successfully submitted, you’ll see a “success page,” and receive an email confirming receipt of your application. You will also be able to view and download a pdf of your application when you log back into Submittable.
6. It is possible to apply more than once for Choral Performance or Interest Session presentation. Please be aware that the $50 fee applies to each Performing Choir application.
Several of us have “tried out” the application process and are excited to offer it to you. If, however, you find difficulties in completing the form, do not hesitate to write to one of us!
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We seek to represent the primary ACDA Repertoire and Resource areas: Youth, Collegiate, Lifelong, and Repertoire-Specific (Men’s, Women’s, Jazz, Ethnic, Equity & Justice, Contemporary Commercial) with a diverse, broad representation of our 21st-century choral art, and we invite audition recordings from choirs of all age levels, specializations (e.g. Gospel, Barbershop, Vocal Jazz, etc.), or renown, including ensembles that represent underserved populations and/or diversities. We are asking for interactive clinics, lectures, panels, demonstration sessions, repertoire sessions or other forums that speak to the musical, intellectual, technical, and social issues faced by choral musicians today.
Looking forward to your applications!
Peggy Dettwiler
ACDA Eastern Region President
Penelope Cruz
Michael Driscoll
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CONGRATULATIONS
to
DAVID FRYLING
Former Eastern Region President
and our newly elected
ACDA
NATIONAL PRESIDENT!
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ACDA
60th ANNIVERSARY JUBILEE
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
(It's just around the corner.)
February 27 - March 2, 2019
Kansas City, MO
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Don't forget there will be a reception for ACDA Eastern Region members on Friday night, March 1
st at 10 pm in the Marriott. Thanks to the Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania state chapters for collaborating with Eastern in sponsoring this event! It will be great to see many of you there. SAFE JOURNEY!
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MAINE ACDA hosts a guest conductor from South Africa this year - Rineke Viljoen. She will be visiting high schools in the Oxford Hills region of Maine, as well as the University of Southern Maine. If you would like to observe her, please contact State President Nicolas Dosman -
nicholas.dosman@maine.edu
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Upcoming Events in the Eastern Region
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Children's Honor Choir,
March 8-9, 2019 - Newark High School, Newark, DE
Registration deadline:
January 21, 2019
Delaware Choral Festival,
April 5, 2019 - Wilmington Friends School, Wilmington, DE
Registration deadline:
March 14, 2019
Music in Worship,
May 19, 2019 - Avenue United Methodist Church, Milford, DE
Voices United Conference,
August 1-3, 2019. More information will be posted soon.
MAINE -
ACDA Spring Adjudicated Festival,
April 10, 2019 - Hampden Academy, Hampden, ME Chair:
Heather Guilfoyle
A registration link, sight-reading examples, sight-reading adjudication forms will be sent out in the near future.
Maine ACDA Elementary and Middle School All-State,
April 27, 2019 -
Gorham High School, Gorham, ME
Elementary Conductor: Dr. Henry Leck
Middle School Conductor: Dr. Jessica Napoles
Registration deadline has been extended due to the weather complications. Please contact the appropriate chair to submit your nominations.
Voices United Conference,
August 1-3, 2019. More information will be posted soon.
Registration deadline: January 31, 2019
Big Sing Central,
March 16, 2019 - Fay School, Southborough, MA
Big Sing East,
March 23, 2019 - Christ Epicopal Church, Needham, MA
Summer Conference,
July 14-17, 2019 - Smith College, Northampton, MA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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NHACDA sessions at NHMEA Spring Conference,
April 12, 2019
NEW JERSEY -
Collegiate Chapter Leadership Summit
, April 6, 2019 - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Registration begins February 25, 2019.
Elementary and Junior High School Honor choirs
, May 4, 2019 -
High School Choral Festival South,
May 21, 2019 - Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
NEW YORK
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22nd Annual NY ACDA Treble Choir Festival,
March 30, 2019 - Clarence Presbyterian Church, 9675 Main St., Clarence, NY
http://abcbelcanto.org/acda
VERMONT -
Adjudicated Festival,
April 11, 2019 - Burlington High School,
Burlington, VT
Children's Honor Choir Festival,
May 3-4, 2019 -
First Baptist Church, Burlington, VT
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